Snuggles and Bubbles

Miles: Mom will you read me a book.

Me: Sure, which one do you want?

Miles: Let's go in my room and pick. You can bring Liam too.

Me: Ok, let's go pick.

Miles: I have a great idea. You can put Liam in my bed and we can snuggle and you read a book.

Me: That does sound like a great idea. 

Have I mentioned how much I love babies and bath-time?

The word love almost seems inadequate to describe how I feel about these two boys.

Each of them carries a piece of my heart.

Spray it on Me

My Mom bought us this Ikea step stool when we first moved to Salt Lake.

It is super duper and not a day has gone by since it moved in that it hasn't been used.

It's extra tall, perfect for little kitchen helpers and teeth-brushing time.

Since it is in constant use around these parts it's light color began to show some major signs of wear love.

I convinced Miles to let me spray paint it by telling him he could pick the color and help me with the painting.

Oh man was he excited. We headed to Lowe's to pick any color of the rainbow (I was secretly nervous he'd pick hot pink or something crazy).  He selected Valspar's Tropical Oasis Blue. It was a color I could definitely live with. He could hardly wait to get home and start painting.

How You Do'n?

Does anyone else totally think Joey Tribiany (?Spelling) from Friends when you look at this picture?

What a fun project with my little man. The stool looks fabulous by the way. I love the color. Maybe I'll have to post after pictures sometime.

Lions and Tigers and Bears...Oh My!

Okay, so Hogle Zoo doesn't have lions, but we did see tigers and bears.

First off let me say...YOWZA! Has Hogle Zoo always been so expensive or am I just a tightwad?

Well price tag aside it was a fun afternoon.

Last week Miles decided that we needed a family day that didn't involve endless amounts of house projects or yard work so he asked if we could go to the zoo. We discussed it and told him that we could go the following week on Daddy's day off. So when Thursday rolled around Miles asked Gabe if he had to go to work. When Gabe said no Miles quickly responded, "YAY that means we get to go to the zoo!"

That boy of ours sure has a memory. We had not talked about going to the zoo all week long, but he didn't miss a beat when he realized it was Daddy's day off. So off to the zoo we went.

After visiting a few exhibits Miles decided we needed a better game plan. He pulled out the map and proceeded to tell us where we should head next. It was seriously too cute.

Liam was completely captivated by the whole experience.

So Big

A friend recently posted about Neverland and I decided she has the right idea. So, Taryn, if you find a plane headed past the second star to the right and straight on til morning reserve some tickets for me please because my kids are growing up way to fast.

Liam will be 7 weeks old on Wednesday. I know right; he's almost 2 months old already. I am sad that he is growing so fast, but man he gets cuter and sweeter by the day. He has been such a calming influence in our home. He is such a good baby and everyone just seems happier when he is in the room. 

It took him a while to warm up to bath-time, but it is now one of our favorite nighttime activities.

Yesterday he really got his legs going and was splashing all over. I loved every minute of it. One of my favorite things about babies and bath-time is getting to snuggle them in a towel afterwards.  

He is still not a consistent sleeper, but we'll take what we get. I honestly don't think there is anything sweeter than a sleeping babe. Look at those chubby legs. Swoon.

Miles, appropriately named since this kid goes a million MILES an hour all day long, has been so cute and so feisty these days. He loves his baby brother and always wants to kiss him and thinks there is nothing greater than earning a smile from him.  He has been a big helper and seems to have grown up by leaps and bounds since Liam has joined our family. He is so independent and wants to show us that he can do things all by himself.  It's been bitter sweet. I love watching him learn and grow, but I hate that he is getting so big so fast. A prime example of him doing everything himself is this marvelous self portrait.

One other thing of note. Check out this family of quail that likes to visit our back yard. I count 11; how many do you see?

4 Weeks of Liam

WOW! Having two kids is a busy job. I can hardly find time to shower and feed myself let alone find time to blog.  As always time never fails to amaze me.  I can't believe Liam is already 4 weeks old. 

I had forgotten how much work new born babies are. I love the sleepy, snuggly stage but I feel like I am constantly feeding him, changing him, or trying to figure out what else it is he could possibly be fussing about. It has been really hard dividing my time between a needing new born and an active three year old. 

It should be said though, overall Miles has been super great about everything.

The first night home from the hospital was a major wake up call...we spent a lot of time awake. In the weeks since Liam has slowly straightened out his days and nights. The last few nights he has been sleeping about 4 hour stretches. So even though I'm still tired, I'm not completely exhausted.  Unfortunately he has reflux (just like Miles did) so he spends a lot of time grunting and wiggling, but at least we caught it earlier this time and he's not screaming in pain. All things considered he's really been a good baby...but the six week peak is just around the corner so don't hold me to that.

When Liam was born we thought he looked a lot like Miles, but the more time that passes the more his own individual look starts to develop. We just love him to pieces and think he's absolutely adorable.

Here are some of our favorite shots from the last month.